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Paul Ben-Victor
Born
Paul Friedman

(1965-07-24) July 24, 1965 (age 59)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Paul Ben-Victor (born Paul Friedman; July 24, 1965[1]) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Greek mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos on the HBO drama series The Wire.

Early life

Ben-Victor was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman.

Career

Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the television film Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey.[2] 15 years after beginning his television career with bit parts, he was cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire (as mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos) and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name Is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 television film The Three Stooges.

Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. He has co-written stage plays with his mother, including Club Soda and The Good Steno.[3]

Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight ("Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role.

In 2008, Ben-Victor had a supporting role in the film Clear Lake, WI.[4] In August 2008, he co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Rookie Little Felix
1991 Body Parts Ray Kolberg
1992 Cool World Valet
1993 Tombstone Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz
1993 True Romance Luca
1994 Red Scorpion 2 Vince D'Angelo
1995 Houseguest Pauly Gasperini
1995 Bushwhacked Dana's Father
1996 Maximum Risk Agent Pellman
1997 Metro Clarence Tea
1998 Point Blank Howard
1998 A Civil Action Bobby Pasqueriella
1999 The Corruptor Schabacker
2000 Drowning Mona Deputy Tony Carlucci
2000 Gun Shy Howard
2003 Daredevil Jose Quesada
2006 Randy and The Mob Franco
2009 Clear Lake, WI Sheriff Joe Dietzer
2010 Should've Been Romeo Joey
2012 Mighty Fine Bobby
2013 Don Jon Priest
2013 Empire State Tommy
2013 Once Upon a Time in Queens Vinnie Nero
2013 Grudge Match Lou Camare
2014 By the Gun Vincent Tortano
2014 Friends and Romans Dennis Socio
2015 Get Hard Gayle
2016 Love Is All You Need? Principal Birdsell
2018 Monster Anthony Petrocelli

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 State of Emergency Trevor Jacobs Television film
1994 The X-Files Dr. Aaron Monte Episode: "Tooms"
1996 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Carney / Man on Stilts Episodes: "Baby It's You" & "Monsters Are Fun"
1994–1997 NYPD Blue Steve Richards 2 episodes
1998 Brooklyn South Episode: "Skel in a Cell"
1999 Early Edition Elliot Rosenfield Episode: "Funny Valentine"
2000 The Invisible Man Bobby Hobbes 46 episodes
2000 The Three Stooges Moe Howard Television film
2003–2008 The Wire Spiros Vondas 14 episodes
2005 Monk Al Nicoletto
2005–2008 Entourage Alan Gray 7 episodes
2006 The Shield Detective Paul Reyes
2006 My Name Is Earl Coach Lou
2007 John from Cincinnati Palaka 8 episodes
2008–2012 In Plain Sight Stan McQueen
2009 Everybody Hates Chris Thurman 7 episodes
2010 The Mentalist Noah Landau
2011 Childrens Hospital Spiros
2013 Vegas Barry Silver 4 episodes
2013 Mob City Jack Dragna 3 episodes
2013 Person of Interest Detective Cameron 1 episode
2014 True Detective Major Leroy Salter 1 episode
2014 Castle Dino Scarpella 1 episode
2015 Allegiance Special Agent Faber 5 episodes
2016 Vinyl Maury Gold
2017 The Mick Jerry Berlin 2 episodes
2017 Preacher Viktor Kruglov
2018 Goliath Cleft Chin 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "Paul Ben-Victor". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  2. ^ "Paul Ben-Victor". Celebrity Net Worth. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  3. ^ "Paul Ben-Victor". Biography. TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  4. ^ Clear Lake, WI Film - Internet Movie Database "IMDB". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ^ "Michael Madsen, George Hamilton and Paul Ben-Victor Star in Coma, an Original Web Series Premiering On Crackle.com". 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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